"World Judiciary Summit" in Lucknow affirms call for a World Parliament

10. December 2012
Judges and legal experts from over 60 countries deliberated on more democratic and more effective global governance — The establishment of a world parliament was a main subject endorsed at the 13th "International Conference of Chief Justices ...
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U.S. Senator and UNPA Supporter Benjamin Cardin Wins Re-Election

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Secretariat, 9. December 2012
The first sitting U.S. parliamentarian to endorse the establishment of a UN Parliamentary Assembly easily secured re-election in U.S. elections last month. Senator Benjamin Cardin of Maryland has served in the U.S. legislature since 1987, first ...
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UN's Independent Expert reasserts that the establishment of a UN Parliamentary Assembly should be explored

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Secretariat, 29. November 2012
Following a similar statement at the UN General Assembly's Third Committee in New York earlier this month (here's our report), the UN's Independent Expert on the Promotion of a Democratic and Equitable International Order, Alfred ...
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New statements in support of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly

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Secretariat, 29. November 2012
There are many remarkable sound bites on the need and the importance of a UN Parliamentary Assembly, a world parliament, and global democracy. We've collected around one hundred of them so far in this document. ...
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Frank Biermann: 19th century global governance not fit to tackle climate change

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Brian Coughlan, 28. November 2012
This Monday, the 18th UN Climate Change Conference started in Doha, Qatar. On this occasion, I've interviewed Frank Biermann, one of the world's leading experts on global environmental governance. Frank is a professor of political ...
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Petter Ölmunger: Getting back to basics - Human rights, democracy and a UN Parliamentary Assembly

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Brian Coughlan, 25. November 2012
In mid-November I attended the presentation on a UN Parliamentary Assembly at the Swedish forum for Human Rights in Göteborg. There, I was lucky enough to get five minutes to chat to Petter Ölmunger, the national co-ordinator of ...
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United Nations parliament promoted at the Swedish Forum for Human Rights

16. November 2012
Seminar on "The right to have influence in a global society" features proposal for a UN Parliamentary Assembly — The international Campaign for a UN Parliamentary Assembly was present at the annual Swedish Forum for Human Rights ...
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Former UN Secretary-General Boutros-Ghali turns ninety, campaign congratulates

14. November 2012
Former UN chief helped launching the international Campaign for a UN Parliamentary Assembly — The former Egyptian politician and diplomat Boutros Boutros-Ghali who served as sixth Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1992 to 1996, turned ninety ...
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On the distinction between international democracy and global democracy

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Andreas Bummel, 13. November 2012
At international meetings, top government representatives such as heads of state or foreign ministers often address the need of making the United Nations "more democratic" and "more representative." In recent times, for example, this was ...
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UN's Independent Expert to examine proposals for a UN Parliamentary Assembly

3. November 2012
Statement at the UN General Assembly in New York, in-depth report on international democratic order in preparation — The UN's independent expert on "the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order," Alfred de Zayas from the ...
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